Chapter 297: Terrifying Undead

So far, Lin Yifan still hasn't figured out what exactly is hidden behind this Illusion.

Is it a crisis or an opportunity?

But thinking about it, it can't be an opportunity; in a Ghost World like this, any opportunity would surely come with a terrifying crisis.

Nevertheless, whether crisis or opportunity, it's something you must never gamble on; others may not know, but at least Lin Yifan doesn't want to gamble.

At this moment, he must awaken everyone, or else everyone will likely die here.

"Wake up, everyone, wake up!"

"This is an Illusion Realm! Everyone, wake up quickly!"

Yet no matter how he called, the others remained unmoved, still immersed in their own Illusion.

At that moment, Lin Yifan suddenly sensed movement behind him, and a life‑or‑death crisis instantly enveloped him.

His heart sank, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

He immediately clenched his teeth, gripped the Great Axe in his hand, and swung it forcefully backward.

"Clang!" another sharp metallic clang rang.

Lin Yifan turned his head and saw his strike landing on an arm, sparks flying everywhere.

But the arm remained unscathed, instead it suddenly elongated and seized his wrist!

A bone‑piercing chill seeped from his skin into his marrow, and Lin Yifan felt the entire arm instantly go numb.

He struggled with all his might, but the arm's strength was astonishing, dragging him inch by inch toward the fissure!

"Damn!" he growled, and his other hand swiftly drew the Dark Night Dagger from his waist, thrusting it into the arm.

"Boom!" a burst of flame erupted on the arm, the claw finally released him, and it retreated into the fissure.

But before Lin Yifan could catch his breath, more claws surged from all directions, coiling around his limbs like poisonous snakes!

At the same time, the Stitched Monster undead had closed to within ten meters.

They raised their rust‑spotted weapons, and crimson light flickered in their hollow eye sockets.

Lin Yifan's forehead veins bulged; he lowered his head, looked at the blade in his hand, and said softly:

"Old buddy, you gotta give it some force! Otherwise today we'll all meet our end here!"

As the words faded, he suddenly raised the blade, slashing fiercely at the Stitched Monsters, and the runes on the blade instantly flared with blinding light.

"Break it!"

He roared and swung the blade in a horizontal sweep.

This time, wherever the blade passed, the undead claws that could only be repelled before shattered under the strike, turning into black smoke that vanished.

"Holy Light Inscription really works!" Lin Yifan's face brightened, and his heart involuntarily steadied a bit.

At least there is a way to fight back; we still have some fighting strength!

However, this is only a temporary respite; more undead claws surged from the fissure, and the Stitched Monsters had already raised their weapons.

They not only aimed at Lin Yifan, but also began attacking the others.

Meanwhile.

"Boom!" a violent shockwave erupted beneath the front Stitched Monster's feet, cracking the ground as gusts rolled.

Lin Yifan was shaken, stumbling backward, nearly falling into the fissure behind him.

He stared intently at the approaching Undead Army, his heart a cold void.

"Could it… really be that we have to die here?"

After all the hardships to get here, only to fall here, Lin Yifan felt truly unwilling.

At this critical moment, Ruan Qingtan, who had been unconscious behind him, suddenly moved!

A cool female voice sounded in his ear: "Close your eyes."

Lin Yifan instinctively closed his eyes.

The next second, he felt a massive surge of energy erupt from behind—

"Purify!"

Ruan Qingtan's voice thundered like the heavens, making his eardrums ache.

Immediately, a blinding white light pierced his eyelids, illuminating the entire space!

When he opened his eyes again, the sight before him left him completely stunned.

All the undead claws, Stitched Monsters, skeletons… vanished into ash within the white light!

Even the red mist was completely purified, revealing the originally charred forest.

"This…" Lin Yifan said in shock, turning back to see Ruan Qingtan, who had somehow awakened, pinching a finger with one hand, her face as pale as paper.

"You…"

"Don't speak." Ruan Qingtan, weak, cut him off, urging, "Wake everyone quickly; I only have this one technique left. We must leave immediately, or if those undead monsters appear again, I will be powerless."

Only then did Lin Yifan notice a strand of fresh blood at the corner of her mouth. Clearly, that technique had taken a heavy toll on her.

Thinking about it, Ruan Qingtan had fallen unconscious from overexertion, and using such a big move now could only make things worse.

Lin Yifan dared not hesitate, and hurriedly shouted to the crowd:

"Wake up quickly, everyone, wake up!"

Fortunately, after the Illusion was dispelled, everyone gradually regained consciousness, realizing what had just happened, their faces instantly showing terror.

"What was that just now? Was it the legendary utopia...?"

"I also saw the utopia; it's truly beautiful, I really want to stay there forever and never return."

"I saw it too, but at a glance it felt fake; I don't know why, I clearly wanted to be awake, yet I couldn't wake up."

"What utopia, it's definitely fake! I have no idea what just happened; I feel like I've gone through a life‑or‑death crisis."

"I felt a sudden palpitations ahead, as if I were about to die; I guess we encountered a crisis!"

"Just now I heard big brother Yifan's voice, and finally woke up; I guess it was he who saved us."

"It must be big brother Yifan; we now owe him a big profit!"

"Alright, everyone, don't waste time here; it's dangerous, let's leave first!" Lin Yifan saw everyone arguing, but he was completely unaware of the danger, and hurriedly shouted to the crowd.

Because just now, he discovered that not far away, Dalu Si's figure appeared again!

Then at that moment, the whole forest suddenly shook violently again!

From afar came a chilling, hair‑raising roar, as if some massive beast was awakening…

Lin Yifan's heart raced, and without a word he lifted Ruan Qingtan:

"Everyone, let's run!"

Everyone had also heard the earlier sound, so they naturally dared not linger even a moment.

They sprinted toward the direction opposite the roar; behind them, the entire forest was rotting and collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye…

Someone turned back, instantly terrified, and shouted wildly at the crowd:

"Run, everyone run, the space behind seems to be collapsing!"

"Damn it, how could a spatial collapse happen, what on earth is going on?"

"Never mind all that, let's run first!"